Basket



UNITED v STATES vPATENT OFFICE.,

EVELYN BECHER, OF PLYMOUTH, ASSIGNOR TO HOADLEY, BEECHER &

CO., OF WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT.

BASKET.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N o. 411,039, dated August30, 1664.

To all whom it may concern-r Be it known that I, EvELYN BEEcI-IER, ofPlymouth, in the county of Litchfield and State of Connecticut, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Baskets; and I do here`- bydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact descriptionthereof', which will enable others skilled in the art tomake and use thesame, reference being ,had to the aceompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specilication, in which- Figure l is a side elevation of a portionof a basket; Fig. 2, a cross-sectional elevation of the same; Fig. 3, across-sectionalview ofthe same enlarged; Fig. 4, a cross-section -of anordinary double-rimmed basket.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

My improvement relates tothe construction and attachment of the rim ofthe basket to the body thereof.

A represents a portion of the body of an ordinary wooden bushelbasket,whichis woven or constructed in the common manner of the usualmaterials; B, my improved rim 5 and C, one of the handles. The latterare constructed in the usual munner.

A common method of finishing or rimming baskets is to provide twoseparate hoops or rims and secure them to the upper edge ofthe body ofthe basket by rivets, one hoop upon the inside of the basket, the otherupon the outside, as shown in red in Fig. 4. This mode is defective andcomparatively expensive. The employment of two rims renders thev basketheavy; the upper edges of the warp of the basket have no protection orcover, and any weight which falls upon the rim must be wholly supportedby the rivets. -By the wrenching and common uses to which baskets aresubjected the rivets soon become loosened,

the edges of the basket, "through which the rivets pass, become split,the fastening between the rim and basket is thus impaired, the rim fallsdown; the edges of' the basket' project above the rim, making a roughedge, and the basket soon becomes wholly worthless. The space betweenthe rims also presents a lodging-place for filth and dirt. In myimprovement I use a single rim, B, in the under side of which I lnake alongitudinal groove, a, of considerable depth and of' a width to snuglyreceive the upper edge ofthe basket-body, B, and after the said upperedge has been inserted into the groove and pressed welldown, I securethe said rim and basket together by longitudinal rivets b, in the mannershown. Baskets thus rimmed are stronger and better than the commonbaskets before described. Any weight which falls upon the rim of myimproved basket is Vsupported by the upper edge ofl the basket itself',and not by the rivets. The upper ends of' the warp of the basket arefirmly kept together in the groove ofthe rim and cannot spring out ofplace nor become torn or weakened, while the top of the rim alwayspresents a smooth unbroken surface, having a neat appearance, withoutany place for the lodgment of dirt.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent, l

as an improved article of manufacture- A wood-woven basket finished witha grooved wooden rim, in the manner herein shown and described.

EVELYN BEECIIEB.

